“Better to get your news directly from the President. In fact, it might be the only way to get the unvarnished truth.” Republican Rep. Lamar Smith, Chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. Get our facts from a man who has repeatedly, contrary to the large body of scientific …
Taking antidepressants in pregnant raises a woman’s risk of having a child diagnosed with autism according to a new study published in JAMA. Huge study of 145,456 pregnancies in Quebec. Women who took anti-depressants during the second or third trimesters of pregnancy were 87% more likely to have a child …
Another much-hyped study almost certainly will be yanked from the scientific literature. Retracted. Deleted but not forgotten. It was too good to be true, the results appear to be fabricated. This time it’s gay marriage and attitude change. You might remember it. Back in December, we were treated to the remarkable …
The media is gorging on the measles outbreak. Well it’s about time the media took measles seriously. I should be thankful after almost 15 years of bemoaning the media’s less than accurate coverage of vaccines and the thoroughly debunked link between the MMR and autism. Even in 2000 there were …
Siblings with autism don’t share the same genetic variations according to a new study in Nature Medicine. When researchers looked at about 100 genetic mutations associated with autism, they found that only 30% of the 85 sibling pairs shared the same mutation. Those with the same mutation also shared similar …